Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Here's a little Halloween craft we're sure the kiddos will enjoy. My son didn't think that it was too scary....but I know he liked it!

We had tons of K&Co. paper left over from papering our pennant banners and we were determined not to let this cute paper go to waste.

We bought our paper pack at Michaels but I know you can purchase it here. K&Co used the same design to make chipboard pieces and pop up Haunted houses, this inspired us to bring to life our own Haunted House.

We wandered down to the unfinished wood section and picked up these birdhouses for a dollar a piece. Perfectly shaped for haunted houses!

We pulled the strings out and gave them a good coat of black paint.

My son was playing around with them the other day and lined them up in a row. We thought it would be great to make a haunted row with them on a 2x4. We cut up smaller pieces of wood to give the houses some height.

Using Mod Podge, we papered away.

We ended up pulling out the little perch for the birds so we could paper over the holes.

We drilled some holes for the dowles to hang the banners. We didn't glue any of the dowels so you can remove them for storage. I always end up with so many broken crafts, so we thought this would be a good solution.

We did the same with the large dowels.

And this is where I stood back and watched Nicole work her paper magic on the wood. I wasn't a lot of help, just a back seat driver ordering doors on one house ...pumpkins on the other. She's just so darn good with paper and wood...so I let her take over. :)

We made mini paper pennants, cutting paper triangles and hot gluing them to ribbon. Nicole backed the top pennants with wire so we could shape them easily.

We added more spider web yarn and ribbon to dress up the wood blocks. We used really fine wire to hot glue the bats, ghosts and moon.

My kids love chopping paper...any paper they can get their hands on.... I think I have six to eight pairs of confiscated scissors tucked away on a high shelf.

These little paper triangles would be perfect for little hands to practice their scissoring skills. :)

I think this little haunted village needs to go straight to Nicole's house

32 comments:

Okay, I have to say, the eyeball wreath is a little freaky! But this Halloween village is absolutely adorable. Me and Zack (my almost 12 year old) don't do scary so this is right up our alley. :) Hope you are having a wonderful Wednesday. Best wishes, Tammy

Great idea, again! I didn't know Michael's sold things (so cute) for so cheap! I usually have the worst luck in there, but I think i'll try them again. I think this is so cute, especially with the banners!

I just came over through Craft Sanctuary and these are awesome. Side note, the Dollar Tree here has these little fences that would be a great addition to your village (after removing the bird and flower of course and some decorating like you did here). =) lilisbuzz.blogspot.com

This is fabulous! My 7 year old boy loves anything he can craft. I think this would be right up his alley. I also think this idea would make a great Christmas Village for a fireplace mantel or hearth. I may try that too.